"What Kind Of Acche Din": Rahul Gandhi Attacks Centre On MNREGA Wages

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the rights of workers are being denied in the times of the pandemic by the government, when they should be given financial assistance instead.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that MGNREGA workers are not even getting their wages in some states and asked the government what kind of "achche din" (good days) are these. He said the rights of workers are being denied in the times of the pandemic, when they should be given financial assistance instead. "MNREGA workers in many states are not getting their wages. When the government should have given additional financial assistance to them during the pandemic, the money that is the workers' rights is also being denied. "There is a world beyond the false rhetoric where in some houses people are not able to even run their households - what kind of ''achche din'' (good days) are these," he asked.